See Also: Inquiry(medicine)
Inquiry(money)
Inquiry(finance)
inquiry(dictionary)
inquiry(dictionary)
Inquiry(tourism)
INQUIRY, WRIT OF(law)
COURT OF INQUIRY(law)
court of inquiry(dictionary)
Inquiry - Horse Racing(gambling)

inquiry (iou)



inquiry noun. (see note below). LME.
[from INQUIRE + -Y3.]
I.
Investigation, examination. LME.
An investigation, an examination, esp. an official one; spec. (in full public inquiry) a judicial investigation, held under the auspices of a Government department, into a matter of public concern. E16.
J. Barth A special..inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death.
II.
The putting of a question, asking, interrogation; Commerce demand for a commodity. LME.
A. Golding We coulde learne nothinge therof by enquiry. Stock & Land (Melbourne) Inquiry for good cattle from northern N.S.W. had strengthened considerably since the rain.
A question, a query. M16.
N. Mailer Leonard..had already made his inquiries about who owned the estate.
Phrases: court of inquiry: see COURT noun1. directory enquiries: see DIRECTORY noun. help the police in their enquiries, help the police with their enquiries: see HELP verb 5c. jury of inquiry: see JURY noun. public inquiry: see sense 2 above. tribunal of inquiry: see TRIBUNAL noun 3. writ of inquiry: see WRIT noun 2.
Comb.: inquiry agent a private detective; inquiry office an office answering questions from callers etc.
? In Britain now freq. spelt in- in branch I, en- in branch II: cf. INQUIRE verb